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AASL’s new integrated standards are designed to empower leaders to transform teaching and learning. The new National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries reflect an evolution of AASL Standards, building on philosophical foundations and familiar elements of previous standards while featuring the new streamlined AASL Standards Integrated Framework for learners, school librarians, and school libraries.
Three previously separate publications—AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, Standards in Action, and Empowering Learners—are now framed within a single text, emphasizing the importance of all three standards sets while ensuring that standards-related activities are mutually reinforcing. The National School Library Standards enable school librarians to influence and lead in their schools, districts, and states and to develop plans that meet today’s educational landscape for learners, school librarians, and the school library. Among the innovations:
- Common Beliefs reflect current learning environments and professional best practices for effective school libraries;
- the new standards framework features five shared components—Shared Foundations, Key Commitments, Domains, Competencies and Alignments—which are designed to reflect each other;
- a section dedicated to assessment and evaluation provides examples on how to create your own tools that align school and district models with AASL Standards;
- scenarios for various types of school library professionals demonstrate techniques and practices for successful implementation in authentic situations for self-reflection, group professional development, and pre-service education;
- and included are a glossary of terms, useful verbs, a list of evidence, and other relevant appendices.
The National School Library Standards enables personalization for every learner and school librarian, allowing you to continuously tailor your school library to local needs, your own strengths, and learners’ benefit.
Explore the Standards at standards.aasl.org.
Download the revised index, published in the August 2018 reprint of the National School Library Standards.
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1: Meet Your New Standards
- How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of School Library Standards
- Your Voice, Your Standards
- Structure and Purpose of Your New Standards
- Your Language of Growth and Competency
- Connecting with Stakeholders: Personas Bring the Standards to Life
- Getting Started with Your Standards: Scenarios for Professional Learning
- Growing with Your Standards: Evaluation and Assessment
- Questions for Reflective Practitioners
- Appendices and Other Resources
CHAPTER 2: Introduction to the Learner Standards
- Conceptual Overview of the Learner Standards
- Questions for the Reflective Practitioner
- Recommended Appendices
- AASL Standards Framework for Learners
CHAPTER 3: Introduction to the School Librarian Standards
- Conceptual Overview of the School Librarian Standards
- Questions for the Reflective Practitioner
- Recommended Appendices
- AASL Standards Framework for School Librarians
CHAPTER 4: Introduction to the School Library Standards
- Conceptual Overview of the School Library Standards
- Questions for the Reflective Practitioner
- Recommended Appendices
- AASL Standards Framework for School Libraries
PART II: STANDARDS INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS
CHAPTER 5: Inquire
- Inquire Learner Competencies in Depth
- Inquire School Librarian Competencies in Depth
- Inquire School Library Alignments in Depth
- Recommended Appendices
- Inquire Best Practices
CHAPTER 6: Include
- Include Learner Competencies in Depth
- Include School Librarian Competencies in Depth
- Include School Library Alignments in Depth
- Recommended Appendices
- Include Best Practices
CHAPTER 7: Collaborate
- Collaborate Learner Competencies in Depth
- Collaborate School Librarian Competencies in Depth
- Collaborate School Library Alignments in Depth
- Recommended Appendices
- Collaborate Best Practices
CHAPTER 8: Curate
- Curate Learner Competencies in Depth
- Curate School Librarian Competencies in Depth
- Curate School Library Alignments in Depth
- Recommended Appendices
- Curate Best Practices
CHAPTER 9: Explore
- Explore Learner Competencies in Depth
- Explore School Librarian Competencies in Depth
- Explore School Library Alignments in Depth
- Recommended Appendices
- Explore Best Practices
CHAPTER 10: Engage
- Engage Learner Competencies in Depth
- Engage School Librarian Competencies in Depth
- Engage School Library Alignments in Depth
- Recommended Appendices
- Engage Best Practices
PART III: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
CHAPTER 11: Meeting the AASL Standards: Measuring Success
- Overview
- Competency-Based Learning
- Evaluation of a Responsive School Library
- Recommended Appendices
CHAPTER 12: Measuring Learner Growth
- Assessment in a Competency-Based Environment
- Pre-Assessment
- Creating a Formative Assessment Task
- Rating Schemes and Scales for Formative Assessments
- Applying the Assessment
- Creating a Summative Assessment Task
- Conclusion
- Questions for the Reflective Practitioner
- Recommended Appendices
CHAPTER 13: Measuring School Librarian Growth
- Dimensions of Professional Activity
- Domains of Professional Competence
- Formative Assessment
- Summative Evaluation
- Using AASL Standards Framework for School Librarians to Conduct Professional Evaluation
- Crosswalking Educator Evaluation Forms to School Librarian Standards
- Conclusion
- Questions for the Reflective Practitioner
- Recommended Appendices
CHAPTER 14: Evaluating School Libraries
- Planning for an Effective School Library
- School Library Responsibilities at the Building Level
- School Library Responsibilities at the District Level
- School Library Responsibilities at the State Level
- Evaluating the School Library Using the Key Commitments
- Outcomes-Based Evaluation
- Questions for the Reflective Practitioner
- Recommended Appendices
PART IV: SCENARIOS FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
CHAPTER 15: Getting Started with the Standards
- Recommended Appendices
- District School Library Director
- Elementary School Librarian
- Middle School Librarian
- High School Librarian
- Pre-Service Educator and Researcher
- Library Assistant/Paraprofessional
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Implementation Plan Overview
APPENDIX B: History of School Library Standards and Guidelines
APPENDIX C: Annotated List of AASL Position Statements
- C1. Definition of an Effective School Library Program
- C2. Appropriate Staffing for School Libraries
- C3. Instructional Role of the School Librarian
- C4. Preparation of School Librarians
- C5. Role of the School Library Program
APPENDIX D: Library Bill of Rights
APPENDIX E: Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights
- E1. Access for Children and Young Adults to Nonprint Materials
- E2. Access to Resources and Services in the School Library Program
- E3. Advocating for Intellectual Freedom
- E4. Challenged Resources
- E5. Diversity in Collection Development
- E6. Internet Filtering
- E7. Privacy
APPENDIX F: LLAMA’s 14 Foundational Competencies
APPENDIX G: Code of Ethics of the American Library Association
APPENDIX H: Evidence of Accomplishment
APPENDIX I: Useful Verbs
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- WORKS CITED
- SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
INDEX [Download the revised index, published in the August 2018 reprint of the National School Library Standards.]
”This hefty and essential guide will help empower school librarians and library administrators to transform their teaching and learning and continuously improve their Libraries and Library Programs."
— School Library Connection
”The 2017 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National School Library Standards are an aligned and systematic way to evaluate student competence, school-librarian competence, and school library- program quality ... An essential tool for assessing school-library practice."
— Booklist
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